compact disc

noun

A kind of plastic optical disc used to store audio or digital data, read by a laser in a drive.

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CDcompact disk
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Meanings

nouncompact disc (plural compact discs)

plural compact discs · alternative compact disk

  1. A kind of plastic optical disc used to store audio or digital data, read by a laser in a drive.

    Synonyms: CD

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA kind of plastic optical disc used to store audio or digital data, read by a laser in a drive.

Similar
CD

More synonyms by meaning

nouna digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser

Similar
compact diskCD
Broader
optical diskoptical discrecording
Also see
cd

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic سِي دِي, قُرْص مَضْغُوط
  • سِي دِي (sī dī)optical disc used to store data
  • قُرْص مَضْغُوط (qurṣ maḍḡūṭ)optical disc used to store data
  • قُرْص سِي دِي (qurṣ sī dī)optical disc used to store data
Bengali সিডি, কম্প্যাক্ট ডিস্ক
  • সিডি (śiḍi)optical disc used to store data
  • কম্প্যাক্ট ডিস্ক (komppakṭo ḍisko)optical disc used to store data
  • কমপ্যাক্ট ডিস্ক (komoppakṭo ḍisko)optical disc used to store data
Catalan disc compacte
  • disc compacteoptical disc used to store data
Chinese Cantonese 光碟
  • 光碟optical disc used to store data
Chinese Mandarin 光盤 /光盘, 光碟
  • 光盤 /光盘 (guāngpán)optical disc used to store data
  • 光碟 (guāngdié)optical disc used to store data
  • CD (xīdì)optical disc used to store data
  • 激光唱片 (jīguāng chàngpiàn)optical disc used to store data
Dutch cd
  • cdoptical disc used to store data
Esperanto kodisko, lumdisko (eble tro ĝenerala)
  • kodiskooptical disc used to store data
  • lumdisko (eble tro ĝenerala)optical disc used to store data
  • KDoptical disc used to store data
  • kompakta diskooptical disc used to store data
Finnish CD-levy, CD
  • CD-levyoptical disc used to store data
  • CDoptical disc used to store data
French disque compact, CD
  • disque compactoptical disc used to store data
  • CDoptical disc used to store data
German CD, Kompaktplatte
  • CDoptical disc used to store data
  • Kompaktplatteoptical disc used to store data
Greek συμπαγής δίσκος, σιντί
  • συμπαγής δίσκος (sympagís dískos)optical disc used to store data
  • σιντί (sintí)optical disc used to store data
Hebrew תַּקְלִיטוֹר
  • תַּקְלִיטוֹר (taklitór)optical disc used to store data
Hindi सीडी, कॉम्पैक्ट डिस्क
  • सीडी (sīḍī)optical disc used to store data
  • कॉम्पैक्ट डिस्क (kŏmpaikṭ ḍisk)optical disc used to store data
  • काँम्पैक्ट डिस्क (kā̃mpaikṭ ḍisk)optical disc used to store data
  • कांम्पैक्ट डिस्क (kā̃mpaikṭ ḍisk)optical disc used to store data
Hungarian CD, CD-lemez
  • CDoptical disc used to store data
  • CD-lemezoptical disc used to store data
  • kompaktlemezoptical disc used to store data
Icelandic geisladiskur
  • geisladiskuroptical disc used to store data
Indonesian piringan padat
  • piringan padatoptical disc used to store data
Irish dlúthdhiosca, dlúthcheirnín
  • dlúthdhioscaoptical disc used to store data
  • dlúthcheirnínoptical disc used to store data
  • ceirnín dlúthoptical disc used to store data
Italian compact disc, disco compatto
  • compact discoptical disc used to store data
  • disco compattooptical disc used to store data
Japanese コンパクトディスク, シーディー
  • コンパクトディスク (konpakutodisuku)optical disc used to store data
  • シーディー (sīdī)optical disc used to store data
  • CD (sīdī)optical disc used to store data
Korean 컴팩트 디스크, 시디
  • 컴팩트 디스크 (keompaekteu diseukeu)optical disc used to store data
  • 시디 (sidi)optical disc used to store data
Latin disculus compactus
  • disculus compactusoptical disc used to store data
Malay cakera padat, CD
  • cakera padatoptical disc used to store data
  • CDoptical disc used to store data
Māori kōpae, kōpaepae
  • kōpaeoptical disc used to store data
  • kōpaepaeoptical disc used to store data
  • kōpae kiatooptical disc used to store data
Norwegian Bokmål CD, kompaktplate
  • CDoptical disc used to store data
  • kompaktplateoptical disc used to store data
Polish CD, kompakt
  • CDoptical disc used to store data
  • kompaktoptical disc used to store data
  • płyta kompaktowaoptical disc used to store data
Portuguese cedê
  • cedêoptical disc used to store data
Romanian compact-disc, disc compact
  • compact-discoptical disc used to store data
  • disc compactoptical disc used to store data
  • CDoptical disc used to store data
Russian компа́кт-ди́ск, CD
  • компа́кт-ди́ск (kompákt-dísk)optical disc used to store data
  • CDoptical disc used to store data
  • си-ди́ (si-dí)optical disc used to store data
Scottish Gaelic meanbh-chlàr
  • meanbh-chlàroptical disc used to store data
Spanish disco compacto, CD
  • disco compactooptical disc used to store data
  • CDoptical disc used to store data
Swahili sidii
  • sidiioptical disc used to store data
Thai ซีดี
  • ซีดี (sii-dii)optical disc used to store data
Turkish yoğun disk
  • yoğun diskoptical disc used to store data
Ukrainian компа́кт-ди́ск
  • компа́кт-ди́ск (kompákt-dýsk)optical disc used to store data
Urdu سی ڈی
  • سی ڈی (sīḍī)optical disc used to store data
Vietnamese đĩa CD
  • đĩa CDoptical disc used to store data
Welsh crynoddisg
  • crynoddisgoptical disc used to store data
Cite this entry
APA

compact disc. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compact%20disc

MLA

“compact disc.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compact%20disc. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “compact disc,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compact%20disc.

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